Panama at the 2024 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:PAN
Nocname:Comité Olímpico de Panamá
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:2024
Location:Paris, France
Website: 
Competitors:8
Sports:6
Flagbearer Open:Franklin Archibold & Hillary Heron
Flagbearer Close:Arturo Deliser & Atheyna Bylon
Rank:74
Gold:0
Silver:1
Bronze:0
Appearances:auto

Panama competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's nineteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics, since its debut in 1928.

Medalists

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Medals by sport
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Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Note that reserves in handball are not counted:

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Athletics1 1 2
Boxing0 1 1
Cycling1 0 1
Gymnastics0 1 1
Judo0 1 1
Swimming1 1 2
Total 3 5 8

Athletics

See main article: article, Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Panamanian track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):[1] [2]

Track and road events
AthleteEventHeatRepechageSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Arturo DeliserMen's 100 m10.357Did not advance
Gianna WoodruffWomen's 400 m hurdles54.935q55.10 (.098)3Did not advance

Boxing

See main article: article, Boxing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Panama entered one boxer into the Olympic tournament. Atheyna Bylon qualified for Paris by advancing to the women's 75kg final at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile.

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

Road

Panama entered one male rider to compete in the men's road race events at the Olympics, after securing the quota through the UCI Nation Ranking.[3]

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Gymnastics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

Artistic

For the first time since 2016, Panama entered one female gymnast into the games. Hillary Heron qualified for the games by virtue of her individual results, through all-around event at the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Antwerp, Belgium.[4]

Women

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Panama qualified one judoka for the following weight class at the Games. Kristine Jiménez (women's lightweight, 57 kg) qualified via continental quota based on Olympic point rankings.

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Panama sent two swimmers to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics.[5]

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Tyler ChristiansonMen's 200 m breaststroke2:15.6222Did not advance
Emily SantosWomen's 100 m breaststroke1:09.9430Did not advance

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: How to qualify for Athletics at Paris 2024. The Olympics Qualification System explained. International Olympic Committee. 20 December 2022. 10 May 2024.
  2. Web site: Road to Paris 24. World Athletics. 10 May 2024.
  3. News: Road cycling at París 2024: Quota distribution for next Olympic Games decided following publication of UCI World Ranking by Nations. 18 October 2023. International Olympic Committee. 20 October 2023.
  4. News: What we learned from the 2023 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships and Paris 2024 Olympic qualifier in Antwerp. 9 October 2023. International Olympic Committee. 11 October 2023.
  5. Web site: Olympic Games Paris 2024 Athletes. World Aquatics. 20 July 2024.